Cask.



PATENTED MAR. 28, 1905. J. GILMOUR & R. OPLYNN, JR.

GASK.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG.11, 1904,

Witnesses UNITED STATES Patented March 28, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CASK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,208, dated March28, 1905.

Application filed August 11, 1904. gerial No, 220,377.

To (all whmn it ntrty concern:

Be it known that we, J OIIN GILMoUn and RICHARD OFLYNN, J r., citizensof the United States, and residents of Owensboro, in the county ofDaviess and State of Kentucky, have made a certain new and usefulInvention in (Jasks; and we declare the following to'be a full, clear,and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a plan view of. the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation,partly broken away, in which the staves are shown wired together. Fig. 3is a view of the stave portion flattened out, showing convex staveswired together. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Figs.5 and 6 are detail views.

The invention has relation to knockdown casks adapted for use chiefly inthe transportation of tobacco; and the invention consists in the novelconstruction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the letter adesignates the staves, and b the heads, of the cask. The staves a aretransversely perforated at c c to receive the wires (Z, which extendthrough all the staves which form the cask and are twisted or hookedtogether on the inside at c. The staves are provided with the usualinside shoulder-grooves f at their ends to receive the heads.

Instead of using the inserted wires the staves may be connected byriveting straps thereto, said straps having end laps for fasteningpurposes.

The hoop-straps g are designed to extend around the chimes of the cask,and they are provided with short slots it to engage the screw-bolts k,which are secured in the staves at suitable distances apart. The endportions of the hoop-straps are provided with perforations on for thefastening-screws 7).

\Vhen the cask is rolled in form and the heads placed in position, thehoop-straps are tightened and secured. Then the metallic chime-flangessare put in position on the heads and are secured to the chimes of thestaves by the screw-bolts k.

The chime-flange is formed with the flat stop portion 25 and extendingat right angles thereto the arc flange 0;, which has a perforation w.The are flange is seated against the inside of the chime and is securedin place by means of the nut .2 of the screw-bolt Z1. Each of thesechime-flanges is usually made long enough to extend beyond the stave towhich it is attached on each side, so that it forms a brace not only forthe head to hold it in position if the chime-groove is loose, but alsofrom one stave to another laterally.

In order to further secure the head in position, especially when it ismade in two or more pieces, the metallic cross-straps 4 are employed,these having flanged and perforated ends 5, which are secured to thechimeflanges and staves by the screw-bolts Z1. One of these strapsextends across the head between the chime-flanges in one direction,while the other one extends across the head between the chime-flanges ina direction at right angles, or nearly so, thereto.

When the head-straps 4, chime-flanges s, and hoop-straps g are removed,the wires (Z are unhooked, and the cask-wall of staves can be laid outflat. A number of such casks can be in a similar manner knocked down andthe heads, hoops, straps, and chime-flanges laid thereon in such wisethat they can be packed in small compass for storage or transportationto the place where the casks are to be filled.

Having described the invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patcut, is

A knockdown cask consisting of a series of flexibly connected staves,exterior slotted hoop-straps, removable heads, interior removable areform chime flanges. removable flanged straps extending at right anglesto each other over each head between the chimeflanges and removablebolts connecting the exterior hoop-straps, staves, chime-flanges andflanged straps, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures 1n presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN GILMOUR. RICHARD OFLYNN, JR.

W'itnesses:

CHARLES I. RHODES, M. F. GILMoUR.

